Phyllostegia kaalaensis

Phyllostegia kaalaensis
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Phyllostegia
Species: P. kaalaensis
Binomial name
Phyllostegia kaalaensis
H.St.John

Phyllostegia kaalaensis is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, that is endemic to the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi. It can be found in mesic forests on the slopes of the Waiʻanae Range at elevations of 374–796 metres (1,227–2,612 ft).[1]

In 2003 there were 36 or 37 individuals remaining.[2] By 2008 all wild individuals were thought to have been extirpated.[3] Some plants are in propagation and have been planted in appropriate habitat.[3]

References

  1. "Phyllostegia kaalaensis" (PDF). State of Hawaiʻi. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
  2. Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V. 2003. Phyllostegia kaalaensis. 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 June 2011.
  3. 3.0 3.1 USFWS. Phyllostegia kaalaensis Five-year Review. January 2008.